Why Aren't Remote Devboxes Used More Often?

It seems like we should have better options for a full fledged, on-demand dev environment, that lives in the cloud, available from any internet connection, and you only pay for what you need. Why don’t we see more remote development environments?

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  After trying out GitHub Codespaces for work, it’s clear that—while impressive—it is not a suitable replacement to developing locally. It’s slow to set up. It’s also very expensive.